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Unit 3 Food and Culture Reading and Thinking
Culture and Cuisine
Reading Comprehension
Task 1: Prediction
1. Pay attention to the title and predict the relationship between culture and cuisine.
Task 2: Overall comprehension
1. What’s the writing style of the text?
A. Travel Journal B. News C. Biography D. Story
2. Discuss: What do you think the quote “You are what you eat” in the first paragraph means?
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Chinese Cuisine in America
Traditional dishes in Shandong
Brillat
-
Savarin
’
s
view about food
Authentic Chinese food in Beijing
Culture and cuisine go hand in hand
Traditional food in Northern Xinjiang
Wonderful local dishes in South China and central
China
)Task 3: Match each paragraph with the main idea.
The text is organized by the order of __________.
Task 4: Read the text carefully and fill in the table.
1. Answer these questions
1) What does the dish General Tso’s chicken tell about Americans?
2) What impressed the writer most while in Beijing?
3) What did the writer find is important to people in China while he was in Shandong?
4) Why did people in Xinjiang enjoy cooking over an open fire?
5) What does the food local people consume tell the writer?
2. Read the text and fill in the table.
place
Kind of Chinese food
Typical dish
People or culture
America
Beijing
Shandong
Northwest China
South China
Central China
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A The
chef just began filling out table with the best food we had ever eaten.
B Their traditional foods are what you can cook over an open fire.
C Chinese food in America is changed to suit American tastes.
)Task 5 Match the causes to the effects.
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1 T
he
flavour
preferences of Americans often differ from those of the Chinese.
2 We had no idea how to order food.
3 These groups traditionally wandered the open range on horses.
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包饺子
一个家庭活动
在开阔的草原上漫步
在篝火上
至少
倾向于做某事
和···息息相关
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